Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-08-25

themselves in pleasant Intercourse and
talk over times gone by. They were
Jas. w. Sankey and daughter, of llar.
risburg, John Saukey, of Mlnlnhurg,
Jas. NJ. Bnkncy aud daughter, Of New
York City, Miss Susan Reighard, the
daughter of John Reighard, of Mlllin-
burg aud Jacob Sankey, of this place.
They stopped with the Long brothers,
prOprittorS of the celebrated Prnhs
Cave, for several days and are full OF
admiration not only of the wonderful
aud ATTRACTIVE sights presented Within
It's Suhterrancan halls but also with the
excellent treatment and wholesome
fare received al .he hand of the proprle-
tons. After the adjournment ui the
pmty the three brothers, James John
land Jacob, returned 10 this place dnd
lattendrd Ia the las; tribute owing Their
deceased brother Saml. Saukey, who
lies luIied ia the AarunSburg cemetery,
hy purchasing an elaborate and costly
monument of our marble men, MuSSer
Il Alexander who will erect the same
on the Samkey plot rs soon as compile
ted. Duling their stay in town the
Sankey's had quite an interesting time
hunting mp the old landmarks and
searching tor places Trey used 10 know
when they we're boys and when their
father carried on the tannery business
on The premises now owned by DIR.
STAN. They are all men ripe in age
aud experience and their heads are
crowned with silvery hair. They ia
yo:ed this office with Il pleasant call be-
fore leaving for their homes.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT The acci-
dent which happened on Strunk " Nc
Mullel's saw mill in the Gap, north of
here, on Tuesday afternoon, is the
most appalling and calamitOus event in
the history Of this town. Alvin, nine
year old son of Jacob Ertel, who occu-
pies the house adjoining the saw mill,
was playing under the mill with his
smaller brother on said afternoon, while
the mill was in operation and unknown
TO sawyer Skunk. The children have
been in the habit of playing around on
the mill since their father moved there
and would frequently hang rope oyer
tie main shaft underneath the mill
floor TO swing on, notwithstanding the
repeated warnings of the mill hands.
They wers doing this very thing on
that fatal afternoon, and Alvin was
hanging TO the rope. when it stuck fast
Ia the shaft, began to wrap aud drew
The boy up before he could loosen his
| IUt a nd
The shaft, which Is SAID TO run at the
rate of GO revolutions per minute, and
was completely torn off near the shoul-
Ger, leaving nothing but "a stump of a
few inches, and tearing the flesh around
his shoulder into sLreds. The shaft is
about three feet below a heavy, square
pieca of timber and the boys lower
limbs must have stuck the beam sew
eral times in going around with the
shaft. At last the limp and mutilated
form was thrown several feet to one
side. The obstruction of the shaft cre-
ated strange jarIing of the machinery
which caused MIR. Strunk to stop the
mill 10 examn9 into the matter, when
he heard the cries of Alvin's playmate
aud he and McMullen run down TO see
what was wrong. Their feelings when
they beheld the sckening sight can
hardly be imagined. There the boy
laid, pale, crippled and bleeding, the
missing arm still hanging to the shaft.
| They picked the manned boy up and
carried him into the house. Medical
aid was summoned at once and in the
meantime the neighbors and several
| people who passed by when the ncci-
| ah hat pnnlA Ia
the poor sufferer. The remaining
stump of the arm was amputated in
the socket, the wound nicely dressed
and sewed up, an operation which the
brave little fellow stood without being
under the influence OF anaesthetics,
and scarcely uttering murmur. He
complained principally Of pain in his
lower limbs. At this writing, Wednes-
day noon, he IS doing remarkably well
| under the circumstances and rests com.
paratively easy. 1t is hard TO tell how
ever whether he will survive his in
juries, which the physicians claim are
not necessarily fatal. What makes the
case more heaTt.stirring is that the 10y
is motherless aud therefore deprived OF
| the tender and close care which only a
mother can give. His father is a poor
man, who is away most Of his time
working on a railroad job, and was ab-
sent from home at the time Of the ac
cident.
EX-JUDGE ADAM Hoy DEAD.--A
special dispatch to this office on Tues.
day morning brought the sad announce
ment of the death of Hon. Adam Hoy,
of Bellefonte. which occurred at half
past IL o'clock that morning. He died
of diabetes, with which disease lie had
been suffering several months prior to
| his death. lie leaves q wife and large
family to mourn the loss of beloved
husband and father. Bellefonte deeply
feels The departure OF one Of her best
and most prominent citizens and the
county loses one of its learned and emil
nent lawyers. Deceased was member
of the Presbyterian church. Political
ly he was democrat and vas we'll
known all over the county and state as
an able leader and Jealous worker for
his party. His funeral will take place
at Bellefonte to-day Thursday after
noon at clock. The Daily Ne,cS of
Tuesday publishes the following brief
sketch Of his life
Judge Hoy was born in Spring township,
this county, on the 9th of September, 1872
| thus lacking only two weeks of being GO
years old. He was a grandson of George
Hoy, of Miles township and n son of Albert
| and Magdala Hoy. 1t is related in the his
tory of this county published some time
ago that Judge Hoy began attending school
when only four years of age, his first in
structor being George Padget, who taught
in this vicinity during sixty years and thus
gave many of our citizens their first lessons.
| Schnolmaster Padget taught mainly in Bnf-